Noble Causes (2004 Series) #29

Kitty Blackthorne is dead at Celeste Noble’s hands, and the destruction of her relationship with Dawn is only the beginning of the fallout. Tensions have been high ever since Race caused the death of the Blackthorne’s son, but this attack and Celeste showing up at the funeral push things past the breaking point. Faerber‘s story really gets good this issue, showing how Zephyr and Slate (who is rapidly becoming one of my favorite characters) are forced to work together at the funeral to prevent further bloodshed. The solution Doc Noble comes up with at the end is a nice nod to this title’s history, pulling out the elephant in the room to stave off a possible war between the families. If there’s anything that really surprises me, it’s that this issue seems to tie things up much more finally than Noble Causes usually does. The fallout of these events will be really, really interesting.